VAIL SUCKS

[Harvey]

A flatlander had to make lodging reservation and drive up hoping the mountain isn't a skating ring. Or they lose their hotel money.

So if I have a place, I'm local?

We built this place to avoid all that.

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The whole idea seems forced.

How about if you drive on a interstate to ski there, you're not local?

 

[mbedle]

Not a lot of revenue from locals at Stowe and SB percentage-wise, despite what Stowe and SB locals surely believe.

Thats an understatement.... lol

 

[abc]

So if I have a place, I'm local?

Yes!

See post by IceEidolon

 

[Harvey]

I don't think any of my friends at Gore would consider me a local yet.

 

[x10003q]

I don't think any of my friends at Gore would consider me a local yet.

Maybe they are not your friends.........

 

[Harvey]

Maybe they are not your friends.........

I don't consider myself a local either so

 

[Smellytele]

Yes!

See post by IceEidolon

Nope!

 

[skiur]

I have a place by K but I'm not a local. To be a local your primary residence had to be near a mountain, vacation homes don't count.

 

[ThatGuy]

I have a place by K but I'm not a local. To be a local your primary residence had to be near a mountain, vacation homes don't count.

Thats the number one response to trigger condo owners

 

[2Planker]

Both Wildcat & Attitash are closed today.
Pissed rain hard last night in the MWV.
Now it is just crossing the freezing mark here in Conway.
Supposed to make it down to 5-6 degrees tonight.
Gonna need some serious grooming tomorrow.

 

[snoseek]

Both Wildcat & Attitash are closed today.
Pissed rain hard last night in the MWV.
Now it is just crossing the freezing mark here in Conway.
Supposed to make it down to 5-6 degrees tonight.
Gonna need some serious grooming tomorrow.

Wildcat will probably be down to a few runs after all this.

All the other resorts from what I've seen they are stockpiling snow so they should hold up better at say attitash. Either way it's gonna be a busy weekend at the hospital

 

[pinion]

I skied Cranmore on Tuesday and their base on frontside trails is 2x-5x better than what Wildcat and Attitash have.

That said, Wildcat cam looks way better than I imagined. Will be there tomorrow and expect to see a few ambulances.

 

[IceEidolon]

Addendum - your drive to your vacation home counts towards the time limit in my last post. I'll edit that to reflect this. I expect most people live more than an hour away from a mountain they own a second house at.

 

[Kingslug20]

14 minutes...

 

[Smellytele]

14 minutes...

Not a bad trip for a flatlander

 

[Kingslug20]

But...we rent it out all the time now..so im 50 minutes to either stowe or SB most times..

 

[drjeff]

Addendum - your drive to your vacation home counts towards the time limit in my last post. I'll edit that to reflect this. I expect most people live more than an hour away from a mountain they own a second house at.

CT house to VT condo - 2hrs and 35 minutes... VT condo to Mount Snow base lodge - 3 minutes. Will be 15yrs in May since my wife and I bought our place, with 3yrs of Winter seasonal rentals prior....

Know tons of locals. Great friends with tons of locals. Don't consider myself a local. Nor do I really consider myself a local in my home CT town even though my wife and I have lived there for most 21yrs, but neither of us grew up remotely close to the town we live in

 

[abc]

You can only be a true local if your parents made the right choice... be proud

 

[TyWebb]

Is It Time for Local Governments to Set Ski Area Capacity Limits? As mountain-town infrastructure reaches its limits, something has to give

 

[gittist]

Is It Time for Local Governments to Set Ski Area Capacity Limits? As mountain-town infrastructure reaches its limits, something has to give

I doubt that you want any government entity doing that. What's more likely to happen is that the situation will sort itself out. How many people that waited in the long line to find out there's no parking left, or those who found parking but only got a few runs in all day (assuming they were there to ski and not drink) will come back next year?

Even if all of them buy passes for next year why blame Vail? Those people will be subsidizing the passes for those of us that ski Monday through Thursday, and maybe Friday. I like my cheap EPIC pass.

Before I retired I didn't ski at all if I couldn't take a day off from work to ski on a weekday. Of course now everything except for the lifts goes up faster than my social insecurity check :-(.

Feel free to Vail-bash the busted lifts, chairs falling off, no snow making, no snow grooming, not enough help...